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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Michigan rates for HCPCS 29847

This procedure uses a small camera and instruments inserted through tiny incisions in the wrist to place hardware, such as pins or screws, that stabilizes a fracture or unstable bone alignment. It allows the surgeon to fix the injury with less disruption to the surrounding tissue than a fully open surgery. It is typically used for certain wrist fractures or ligament injuries affecting joint stability.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware cost?

$4,990

Typical total for the visit. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,990 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$617 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$3,548 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $11,749Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
13 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Michigan· 25th of 51

$4,990

$724 physician + $4,266 facility

CO $13,941MT $1,762

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.